InspectorPro 8 - Investigate, Accelerate, Collaborate - Houston FMDUT Meeting

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—Raf Batista

A note from Vince himself:

InspectorPro's mission is to stand as the most comprehensive tool available for debugging and troubleshooting your FileMaker solutions.

For years, developers have leaned on the Database Design Report (DDR) to collect, analyze, and report metadata from FileMaker solutions. However, InspectorPro 8 marks a significant shift as it now utilizes the Save as XML format for a multitude of compelling reasons:

A) We now have a new script step “Save a Copy as XML”, which means that we can automate the generation of the XML.
B) It is server-friendly, allowing automatic generation and using it in a script schedule.
C) The structure includes top-level catalog information.
D) It introduces new areas not present in the DDR.
E) This lays the foundation for future capabilities and innovations.
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A) We now have a new script step “Save a Copy as XML”, which means that we can automate the generation of the XML.
B) It is server-friendly, allowing automatic generation and using it in a script schedule.
C) The structure includes top-level catalog information.
D) It introduces new areas not present in the DDR.
E) This lays the foundation for future capabilities and innovations.

Performance is a key highlight of InspectorPro 8. The initial analysis baseline is impressively 3x to 5x faster than InspectorPro 7. Where the new architecture truly excels is during incremental analysis, boasting speeds ranging from 10x to an astounding 100x faster. Discover the seamless and automated ways to trigger the analysis process, whether scheduled or scripted, enabling you and your team to focus on development without missing a beat.

Explore the history of InspectorPro and understand the groundbreaking foundation it sets. Delve into the engineering journey that led to this point and, more crucially, learn how this tool can elevate your day-to-day workflow as a FileMaker Developer.

Key Takeaways:

• Stay in the development zone with minimal interruption.
• Identify and locate problems quickly and easily.
• Track changes, including when and by whom they were made.
• Integrate InspectorPro into your files or solutions effortlessly.
• Gain detailed version history with attribution for any item.
• Keep your team informed through Slack integration on analysis runs.

I am thrilled to unveil the exciting features of this new version and demonstrate how it can empower you and your team to build exceptional solutions.

Join me in exploring how InspectorPro can becoming an indispensable tool for your team's development workflow.

Vince